RHEL 9 must not have a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server package installed.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
high	V-257826	SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042	RHEL-09-215015	SV-257826r1044890_rule	2025-02-27	2

Description
The FTP service provides an unencrypted remote access that does not provide for the confidentiality and integrity of user passwords or the remote session. If a privileged user were to log on using this service, the privileged user password could be compromised. SSH or other encrypted file transfer methods must be used in place of this service. Removing the "vsftpd" package decreases the risk of accidental activation. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Description

The FTP service provides an unencrypted remote access that does not provide for the confidentiality and integrity of user passwords or the remote session. If a privileged user were to log on using this service, the privileged user password could be compromised. SSH or other encrypted file transfer methods must be used in place of this service. Removing the "vsftpd" package decreases the risk of accidental activation. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042, SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

ℹ️ Check
Verify that RHEL 9 does not have a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server package installed with the following command: $ rpm -q vsftpd package vsftpd is not installed If the "ftp" package is installed, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
The ftp package can be removed with the following command (using vsftpd as an example): $ sudo dnf remove vsftpd